- Apple has added the SearchGPT option to the Shortcuts app on the iPhone and iPad.
- This lets you use search engines using natural language.
- You can also ask for follow-up questions as it remembers the context.
The new searchGPT extension to the Shortcuts app allows you to create shortcuts that directly open a new conversation with SearchGPT inside ChatGPT. It is easy to add the shortcut to the home screen and you can launch it using Siri. Your iPhone must be running iOS 18.2 which will release sometime in December 2024.
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Here are some examples on how you can use SearchGPT on your iPhone using the Shortcuts app.
Work Research: You can use SearchGPT shortcut to gather real-time information for different purposes like while researching history.
Daily News: You can instantly search for news, sports scores, and live events with a simple voice command or shortcut. With that, you can even ask follow-up questions. For example, you can ask questions like “when it happened”, or “where it happened” when reading some news story.
Shopping Assistance: You can compare products, prices, availability, etc.
Real-Time Language Translation: You can use SearchGPT shortcut on the iPhone to translate text live while traveling or working. Example: “How do you ask for tea in French?”
Apple is already working closely with OpenAI by integrating ChatGPT deeply on the iPhone 16 series into AI (Apple Intelligence). And now they are taking it one step further by further integrating SearchGPT within the Shortcuts app. What ChatGPT features do you want to see integrated deeply within the rich Apple ecosystem next?
